American president George W. Bush is famous for using nicknames to refer to journalists, fellow politicians, and members of his White House staff.

His nicknaming proclivity is noted enough to have attracted a variety of satire, including a New York Times humor piece and a Doonesbury strip where "Condi" is admonished with the phrase "Careful, Brown Sugar".

Among the nicknames he uses are:

Family

• Poppy, 41 - George H. W. Bush [1]
• Bushie - Laura Bush [2]

Personal

• Kenny Boy - Kenneth Lay [3]
• Weadie, Weadnik - author Doug Wead [4]

Staff

• Boy Genius (positive), Turd Blossom (negative) - Karl Rove, Senior Advisor [5]
• Big O (current), Pablo (former) - Paul O'Neill, Secretary of the Treasury [6]
• High Prophet, Hurricane Karen - Karen Hughes, Special Advisor; Director of Communications under Texas Governor George W. Bush [7]
• Big Country - Joe Allbaugh , FEMA director [8]
• Tree Man - Unnamed forest service official [9]

Politicians

• Pablo - Paul Wellstone Democratic Senator, Minnesota [10]
• Big George - George Miller, Democratic Congressman, California [11]
• Freddy Boy - Fred Upton, Republican Congressman, Michigan [12]
• Congressman Kickass - John Sweeney, Republican Congressman, New York [13]
• Pootie-Poot - Vladimir Putin, President of Russia [14]
• Dino (short for Dinosaur) - Jean Chrétien, former Prime Minister of Canada [15]
• Nellie (former), Benney (former), Benator (current) - Ben Nelson, Democratic Senator, Nebraska [16] (Daily Show, 02/28/05)
• Ellis - Chuck Schumer, Democratic Senator, New York[17]

Journalists

• The Cobra - Maureen Dowd [18]
• Stretch/Little Stretch - David Gregory , NBC [19][20][21]
• Stretch - Dick Kyle , Bloomberg News [22]
• Super Stretch - Bill Sammon , Washington Times [23]
• Factor (current), Big O (former) - Bill O'Reilly

External links

• Nicknames used by George W. Bush.